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News

Yale Faculty wins Nobel Prize!

Thomas Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. See the full story.

2009-10 Newly Awarded Fellowships

All of the BBS students below recently received fellowships that began this academic year.

1st Year Students
Yixiao Zou	Neuroscience Track	National Science Foundation
2nd Year Students
Lucas Cheadle	INP	National Science Foundation
Michael Henderson	INP	National Science Foundation
Daniel Schlingman	MB&B	National Science Foundation
Michelle Mo	Pharmacology	Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship
3rd Year Students
Claudia Xochyl Dominguez	Immunology	National Science Foundation
Sara Heitkamp	MCDB	National Science Foundation
Saheli Sadanand	Immunology	National Science Foundation
Emily Stoops	Cell Biology	National Science Foundation
Christoph Straub	C&M Physiology	Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
4th Year Students
Sarah Gray	INP	NIH National Research Service Award
Shelby Montague	C&M Physiology	NIH National Research Service Award
5th Year Students
Matt Roberts	MB&B	NIH National Research Service Award
Stephanie Young	INP	NIH National Research Service Award
Matt R. Johnson	INP	NIH National Research Service Award
Kristin Rudenga	INP	NIH National Research Service Award

Latest News

Genetics Student Makes Important Discovery.

Pingxing Xie, Genetics Student and Joel Gelernter, Professor of Genetics, find genetic link to post-traumatic stress disorder. See full story.

Using Genes to Diagnose Disease.

Richard Lifton, Chair of the Department of Genetics, is senior author of paper. Read full story.

Neurobiology Wins Huge Grants to Revolutionize the Study of the Brain.

See full story.

Physiology & Integrative Medical Biology Faculty honored by AAAS.

Peter Aronson, Professor of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). See the full story.

MB&B Faculty wins Nobel Prize!

Thomas Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. See the full story.

Immunobiology Faculty wins HHMI award.

Susan Kaech, Associate Professor of Immunobiology, has received a prestigious career award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Neuroscience graduate pushes Autism research forward.

Warren Jones, 2009 graduate of the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, publishes major paper in Nature on advances in autism research. Yale profiles the discovery.